Faced with a deepening personnel crisis for its war in Ukraine, Russian authorities are recruiting from republics in the North Caucasus and looking to form extra units along ethnic lines.
In Ukraine, investigators hunt for details and identities of Russian soldiers alleged to have committed war crimes. An RFE/RL reporter hunts for details about one of the soldiers in a tiny, remote village in central Russia.
Amid accusations from Ukrainian officials, more evidence is revealed that Russia has forcibly relocated thousands from Mariupol and other scenes of intense fighting in Ukraine.
Chinese investment in Russian regions like Bashkortostan some 1,300 kilometers from Moscow – was already troubled, but Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine could see it deteriorate further.